Background
He was born in the New Zealand milling town of Tokoroa, where his father Jack Henry was the Resident Director at New Zealand Forest Products Kinleith Mill.
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He was born in the New Zealand milling town of Tokoroa, where his father Jack Henry was the Resident Director at New Zealand Forest Products Kinleith Mill.
In 1973, he graduated with an Bachelor of Laws from the University of Canterbury and was admitted to the bar of the High Court of Auckland in 1975.
In 1986, he left the firm and commenced practice as a Barrister Sole based in Auckland and has been involved in a number of very high profile and controversial cases including the Equiticorp trials where he represented a Director of the failed 1980s conglomerate and the Winebox Inquiry and subsequent judicial review. A substantial part of his practice revolves around political work and he has represented a number of prominent New Zealand politicians from all sides of the political spectrum including Winston Peters (the former Treasurer and Foreign Minister), Wyatt Creech (Former Deputy Prime Minister) and Tuariki Delamere (former Minister). In keeping with the Henry family’s wide philanthropic interests, his practice undertakes a substantial amount of pro bono litigation work – he recently sued the New Zealand Department of Corrections on behalf of victims of the Republic of South Africa murders and has also represented Pacific Island immigrant families who were the victims of unscrupulous financial buy-back schemes.
In addition to his legal practice, he is also chairman of the Henry family’s capital management vehicle, Goldman Henry Capital.
He was also involved in well-publicised controversy regarding the New Zealand First political party donations saga during the 2008 National Elections in New Zealand.
Sir Trevor Henry and was the last member of the family to be a senior partner.